Statutory Sick Pay Advice
May 10, 2011 by admin
Filed under Ask An Expert
diane walker asked:
Louise Mitchell, Director of Precise Payroll provides information and advice in relation to statutory pay.
If you would like advice, then please write in where you questions will be answered by Louise Mitchell
Q I run a small company. One of my employees is currently off sick and it looks likely that he will be off for some time. Do I have to pay him his normal salary whilst he is off ill?
A No. If he qualifies for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), he will be entitled to £70.05 per week. If, on average, he earns less than £84.00 per week, he does not qualify for SSP. If this is indeed the case, you must provide them with an SSP1 form detailing this so that they can take this to the DSS to claim assistance. In order to receive SSP, the employee would have to be absent for four or more days. For example, if the employee is off for two weeks (Monday – Friday), they would receive their normal pay for the first three days, and thereafter receive SSP for the additional seven days. However, for any absence longer than a week, they are required to provide medical evidence.
Q One of my employees is due to have a baby in April 2007. I think I remember reading that the period that Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for is due to increase – is that correct?
A For babies born after 1 April 2007 SMP should be paid for a continuous period of up to 39 weeks.
Q How do I work out an employee’s SMP?
A You should review the employee’s gross earnings in a set period – this is usually the eight week period up to and including the 15th week before their due date.
For the first 6 weeks SMP should be paid at 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings. Whilst for the remaining 33 weeks SMP is paid at the lower of either the standard rate (£108.85) or a rate which is equal to 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings.
Q One of my employees is currently receiving Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – can I reclaim this and if so how and who from?
A It is possible for you to reclaim this through your monthly PAYE, however, only in the following circumstance: If you multiply the total gross NIC figure (add the gross employer and employee NIC for all employees paid within the specified PAYE period) by 13% and this figure is less than the SSP figure paid, you can reclaim the difference.
Q One of my newest employees, she has been with us for just over six months, has just told me that she is in the process of adopting a child. Can you advise me whether she should be paid Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)?
A Your employee will be eligible for SAP if she meets the following conditions:
* She has been matched with a child for adoption by an adoption agency?
* She has been in your employ without a break for at least 26 weeks up to and including the week the adoption agency told her that she has been matched with a child for adoption
* She earns enough on average to be relevant for NI purposes.
If an employee’s gross weekly earnings are £84.00 or more then she should receive Statutory Adoption Pay at £108.85 or 90% of her average gross weekly earnings if this is less than £108.85 for 26 weeks.
Louise Mitchell, Director of Precise Payroll provides information and advice in relation to statutory pay.
If you would like advice, then please write in where you questions will be answered by Louise Mitchell
Q I run a small company. One of my employees is currently off sick and it looks likely that he will be off for some time. Do I have to pay him his normal salary whilst he is off ill?
A No. If he qualifies for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), he will be entitled to £70.05 per week. If, on average, he earns less than £84.00 per week, he does not qualify for SSP. If this is indeed the case, you must provide them with an SSP1 form detailing this so that they can take this to the DSS to claim assistance. In order to receive SSP, the employee would have to be absent for four or more days. For example, if the employee is off for two weeks (Monday – Friday), they would receive their normal pay for the first three days, and thereafter receive SSP for the additional seven days. However, for any absence longer than a week, they are required to provide medical evidence.
Q One of my employees is due to have a baby in April 2007. I think I remember reading that the period that Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for is due to increase – is that correct?
A For babies born after 1 April 2007 SMP should be paid for a continuous period of up to 39 weeks.
Q How do I work out an employee’s SMP?
A You should review the employee’s gross earnings in a set period – this is usually the eight week period up to and including the 15th week before their due date.
For the first 6 weeks SMP should be paid at 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings. Whilst for the remaining 33 weeks SMP is paid at the lower of either the standard rate (£108.85) or a rate which is equal to 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings.
Q One of my employees is currently receiving Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – can I reclaim this and if so how and who from?
A It is possible for you to reclaim this through your monthly PAYE, however, only in the following circumstance: If you multiply the total gross NIC figure (add the gross employer and employee NIC for all employees paid within the specified PAYE period) by 13% and this figure is less than the SSP figure paid, you can reclaim the difference.
Q One of my newest employees, she has been with us for just over six months, has just told me that she is in the process of adopting a child. Can you advise me whether she should be paid Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)?
A Your employee will be eligible for SAP if she meets the following conditions:
* She has been matched with a child for adoption by an adoption agency?
* She has been in your employ without a break for at least 26 weeks up to and including the week the adoption agency told her that she has been matched with a child for adoption
* She earns enough on average to be relevant for NI purposes.
If an employee’s gross weekly earnings are £84.00 or more then she should receive Statutory Adoption Pay at £108.85 or 90% of her average gross weekly earnings if this is less than £108.85 for 26 weeks.
Louise Mitchell, Director of Precise Payroll Provides Information and Advice in Relation to Statutory Pay
May 10, 2011 by admin
Filed under Ask An Expert
diane walker asked:
If you would like advice, then please write in where you questions will be answered by Louise Mitchell
Q I run a small company. One of my employees is currently off sick and it looks likely that he will be off for some time. Do I have to pay him his normal salary whilst he is off ill?
A No. If he qualifies for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), he will be entitled to £70.05 per week. If, on average, he earns less than £84.00 per week, he does not qualify for SSP. If this is indeed the case, you must provide them with an SSP1 form detailing this so that they can take this to the DSS to claim assistance. In order to receive SSP, the employee would have to be absent for four or more days. For example, if the employee is off for two weeks (Monday – Friday), they would receive their normal pay for the first three days, and thereafter receive SSP for the additional seven days. However, for any absence longer than a week, they are required to provide medical evidence.
Q One of my employees is due to have a baby in April 2007. I think I remember reading that the period that Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for is due to increase – is that correct?
A For babies born after 1 April 2007 SMP should be paid for a continuous period of up to 39 weeks.
Q How do I work out an employee’s SMP?
A You should review the employee’s gross earnings in a set period – this is usually the eight week period up to and including the 15th week before their due date.
For the first 6 weeks SMP should be paid at 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings. Whilst for the remaining 33 weeks SMP is paid at the lower of either the standard rate (£108.85) or a rate which is equal to 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings.
Q One of my employees is currently receiving Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – can I reclaim this and if so how and who from?
A It is possible for you to reclaim this through your monthly PAYE, however, only in the following circumstance: If you multiply the total gross NIC figure (add the gross employer and employee NIC for all employees paid within the specified PAYE period) by 13% and this figure is less than the SSP figure paid, you can reclaim the difference.
Q One of my newest employees, she has been with us for just over six months, has just told me that she is in the process of adopting a child. Can you advise me whether she should be paid Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)?
A Your employee will be eligible for SAP if she meets the following conditions:
She has been matched with a child for adoption by an adoption agency?
She has been in your employ without a break for at least 26 weeks up to and including the week the adoption agency told her that she has been matched with a child for adoption
She earns enough on average to be relevant for NI purposes.
If an employee’s gross weekly earnings are £84.00 or more then she should receive Statutory Adoption Pay at £108.85 or 90% of her average gross weekly earnings if this is less than £108.85 for 26 weeks.
If you would like advice, then please write in where you questions will be answered by Louise Mitchell
Q I run a small company. One of my employees is currently off sick and it looks likely that he will be off for some time. Do I have to pay him his normal salary whilst he is off ill?
A No. If he qualifies for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), he will be entitled to £70.05 per week. If, on average, he earns less than £84.00 per week, he does not qualify for SSP. If this is indeed the case, you must provide them with an SSP1 form detailing this so that they can take this to the DSS to claim assistance. In order to receive SSP, the employee would have to be absent for four or more days. For example, if the employee is off for two weeks (Monday – Friday), they would receive their normal pay for the first three days, and thereafter receive SSP for the additional seven days. However, for any absence longer than a week, they are required to provide medical evidence.
Q One of my employees is due to have a baby in April 2007. I think I remember reading that the period that Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for is due to increase – is that correct?
A For babies born after 1 April 2007 SMP should be paid for a continuous period of up to 39 weeks.
Q How do I work out an employee’s SMP?
A You should review the employee’s gross earnings in a set period – this is usually the eight week period up to and including the 15th week before their due date.
For the first 6 weeks SMP should be paid at 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings. Whilst for the remaining 33 weeks SMP is paid at the lower of either the standard rate (£108.85) or a rate which is equal to 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings.
Q One of my employees is currently receiving Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – can I reclaim this and if so how and who from?
A It is possible for you to reclaim this through your monthly PAYE, however, only in the following circumstance: If you multiply the total gross NIC figure (add the gross employer and employee NIC for all employees paid within the specified PAYE period) by 13% and this figure is less than the SSP figure paid, you can reclaim the difference.
Q One of my newest employees, she has been with us for just over six months, has just told me that she is in the process of adopting a child. Can you advise me whether she should be paid Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)?
A Your employee will be eligible for SAP if she meets the following conditions:
She has been matched with a child for adoption by an adoption agency?
She has been in your employ without a break for at least 26 weeks up to and including the week the adoption agency told her that she has been matched with a child for adoption
She earns enough on average to be relevant for NI purposes.
If an employee’s gross weekly earnings are £84.00 or more then she should receive Statutory Adoption Pay at £108.85 or 90% of her average gross weekly earnings if this is less than £108.85 for 26 weeks.
Nutritional Supplements Enhance Health And Wellness
James Brown asked:
Since there are so many nutritional supplements on store shelves around the country, many consumers are turning to pharmacy technicians for advice on which nutritional supplements will provide the best benefits for the active lifestyle that most people lead. A store pharmacy has access to all the pertinent data for nutritional supplements and a pharmacy technician can explain the benefits of every ingredient in a pill, powder, or liquid nutritional supplement solution.
This information will be very beneficial to consumers who take nutritional supplements to enhance their quality of life. Some heart patients use nutritional supplements to improve blood circulation, and to clean the circulatory system of all impurities. The health advice of a local pharmacist will prove crucial because the information could keep the heart patient alive because they take these supplements along with heart medications that are designed to sustain life.
Some people want to ensure that they are getting enough nutrients into their bodies while they are dieting. Some nutritional supplements offered in powder form are designed to replace meals. Some dieters will use these nutritional supplement powders to reduce the number of calories in a diet plan and will know from the label on the nutritional supplement container exactly which vitamins and minerals they are getting for the money they spend.
Athletes might find nutritional benefits from a nutrition regimen that uses energy bars and drinks to sustain energy levels during all types of physical activity. A professional athlete must be careful about the nutritional supplements that are consumed because some additives could disqualify the athlete from competing in meets. Again, the product label will serve as a point of reference for every vitamin and mineral that is introduced into the body and the mixing agents that are used.
Bodybuilders use a variety of nutritional supplements during the year to achieve various goals. The health and wellness goals that are maintained through the use of nutritional supplements will be very important to bodybuilding champions. They know that judges will scrutinize every muscle in the body many times during the year and unhealthy eating habits will be very evident under the bright lights on the exhibition stage.
Some bodybuilding competitors might score fewer points than normal because their muscle tone will be under-defined and less impressive as those competitors who ate a diet low in fat and supplemented that diet with vitamins and fiber. The ability to hold a pose might decrease because the energy levels in the body would have been depleted by the abstinence of eating a week before a week. If that same athlete had followed a good nutritional program, then energy levels would not have been affected.
People that lead busy lives can still find time to eat healthy and maintain wellness throughout the year. Nutritional supplements come in many forms and people can store nutritional meals in the form of a candy bar in the glove box of the car and eat when they are hungry and not just because they passed a fast food restaurant on the way to see a client. People that use nutritional supplements each day will find that they accomplish more each day. This is because the therapeutic qualities from the vitamins and minerals in one simple pill have improved the quality of life and have increased the amount of energy they have to draw on each day.
Since there are so many nutritional supplements on store shelves around the country, many consumers are turning to pharmacy technicians for advice on which nutritional supplements will provide the best benefits for the active lifestyle that most people lead. A store pharmacy has access to all the pertinent data for nutritional supplements and a pharmacy technician can explain the benefits of every ingredient in a pill, powder, or liquid nutritional supplement solution.
This information will be very beneficial to consumers who take nutritional supplements to enhance their quality of life. Some heart patients use nutritional supplements to improve blood circulation, and to clean the circulatory system of all impurities. The health advice of a local pharmacist will prove crucial because the information could keep the heart patient alive because they take these supplements along with heart medications that are designed to sustain life.
Some people want to ensure that they are getting enough nutrients into their bodies while they are dieting. Some nutritional supplements offered in powder form are designed to replace meals. Some dieters will use these nutritional supplement powders to reduce the number of calories in a diet plan and will know from the label on the nutritional supplement container exactly which vitamins and minerals they are getting for the money they spend.
Athletes might find nutritional benefits from a nutrition regimen that uses energy bars and drinks to sustain energy levels during all types of physical activity. A professional athlete must be careful about the nutritional supplements that are consumed because some additives could disqualify the athlete from competing in meets. Again, the product label will serve as a point of reference for every vitamin and mineral that is introduced into the body and the mixing agents that are used.
Bodybuilders use a variety of nutritional supplements during the year to achieve various goals. The health and wellness goals that are maintained through the use of nutritional supplements will be very important to bodybuilding champions. They know that judges will scrutinize every muscle in the body many times during the year and unhealthy eating habits will be very evident under the bright lights on the exhibition stage.
Some bodybuilding competitors might score fewer points than normal because their muscle tone will be under-defined and less impressive as those competitors who ate a diet low in fat and supplemented that diet with vitamins and fiber. The ability to hold a pose might decrease because the energy levels in the body would have been depleted by the abstinence of eating a week before a week. If that same athlete had followed a good nutritional program, then energy levels would not have been affected.
People that lead busy lives can still find time to eat healthy and maintain wellness throughout the year. Nutritional supplements come in many forms and people can store nutritional meals in the form of a candy bar in the glove box of the car and eat when they are hungry and not just because they passed a fast food restaurant on the way to see a client. People that use nutritional supplements each day will find that they accomplish more each day. This is because the therapeutic qualities from the vitamins and minerals in one simple pill have improved the quality of life and have increased the amount of energy they have to draw on each day.
